The rejection of the nomination is a big blow for realtor Manirathinem
as he quit the Congress and joined the PMK after he was denied a ticket
to contest from Chidambaram.

| TNN | Apr 7, 2014, 07.07 PM IST

ARIYALUR: The nomination papers of K I Manirathinem, Pattali Makkal Katchi candidate in the Chidambaram parliamentary constituency (reserved), have been rejected since it was not proposed by 10 people.

Manirathinem's wife, V Sudha, who filed nomination papers as a dummy candidate of the PMK, will contest the polls on PMK ticket.

The nomination papers of two dummy candidates (of the AIADMK and the Congress) were rejected as the papers of the main contestants were accepted. The papers of three independent candidates were rejected as their nominations were not proposed by 10 people.

The rejection of the nomination is a big blow for realtor Manirathinem as he quit the Congress and joined the PMK after he was denied a ticket to contest from Chidambaram.

Ever since he joined the Congress four years ago, Manirathinem had been nurturing the constituency hoping that the party would nominate him to contest the Lok Sabha polls. However, much to his and his supporters' disappointment, the party fielded former MP and MLA P Vallal Peruman in the constituency.

His supporters allegedly expressed their anger by throwing a torch through the window of the party office on the Bharathi Road in the town limits at 6am on March 21. A section of his supporters staged a protest on the same day at Sathyamurthy Bhavan, Congress party office in Chennai, demanding the party high command change the candidate.

Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president B S Gnandesikan reportedly assured the protesting cadres to brief their demand to the party high command following which they dispersed.

However, with no signs of party changing the candidate, Manirathinem joined the PMK. He met PMK leader and MLA Kaduvetti Guru and formally joined the party. The party rewarded him by nominating him as its candidate in Chidambaram.

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